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More eggs, less work! And more enjoyment for both the chickens and their keeper! That's the promise of Frank Hyman's Hentopia. From the Vending Machine Feeder to the Refilling Rainwaterer, Hyman's innovative building projects are designed to save time and money while keeping chickens safe, healthy, clean, and well fed. Featuring easy-to-follow instructions and colorful photos, the 21 of the projects for the chicken yard range from creative doorways, nest boxes, fencing, and roosts to a predator-proof pen, a "Chunnel" chicken run, and a sturdy but inexpensive coop made from wooden pallets. With a lively, humorous voice, Hyman generously shares his expert advice on all aspects of chicken-keeping. Requiring no previous carpentry experience and using many salvaged or found materials, Hentopiais within reach of every aspiring chicken-keeper.
About the Author
Frank Hyman believes in "happy wife, happy life." So when his wife wanted chickens, he knew they would have chickens. (This isn't just a how-to book. It's also a love story.) But he wanted to be able to go on vacation for two weeks and not come home to a flock of starving chickens. But he found that the conventional wisdom for keeping backyard birds demanded too much time, trouble and money. So as a carpenter, designer and former organic farmer he pulled together 21 very low-tech, very low-cost, very low-maintenance ways to keep their hens happy. In fact they spend less time on chicken chores than it takes to cook their plentiful chicken eggs. Frank calls it Hentopia. He wrote a column about it for Chickens magazine and the columns became this book. And yes, he and his wife, Chris, can go on vacation for two weeks. And no, they don't have to worry about coming home to skinny hens. They made a Hentopia and you can too. You can learn more about Frank at www.hentopiacoops.com.
